Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Plastic surgery of the eyelids.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, the operation of making a new eyelid from a piece of skin transplanted from an adjacent part.
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- noun surgery
Plastic surgery on theeyelid to improve vision or for cosmetic reasons.
Etymologies
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Examples
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When that didn't work, she said, the doctor recommended a surgical procedure called a blepharoplasty, which removes excess tissue and fat from the lid.
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Eyelid surgery (technically called blepharoplasty) is a procedure to remove fat -- usually along with excess skin and muscle from the upper and lower eyelids.
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Facial cosmetic surgery known as blepharoplasty is a surgical procedure that repairs eyelid problems and are better known as eyelid lifts.
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Eyelid surgery (technically called blepharoplasty) is a procedure to remove fat -- usually along with excess skin and muscle from the upper and lower eyelids.
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Lovely George is said to have undergone an operation to remove his eye-bags - a procedure known as 'blepharoplasty'.
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Meanwhile, the virtues of a parade of familiar arms in the beauty arsenal are trumpeted: Retinoid creams, Botox, hyaluronic acid injections, brow-lifts, fractional ablative laser treatments, blepharoplasty and facelifts.
Debra Ollivier: Age-Defying Oprah: Denial, Delusion or Dermabrasion? Debra Ollivier 2011
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The pressure to look bright-eyed, if not bushy tailed, saw blepharoplasty eyelid surgery becoming the second-most popular surgery for men and women combined, up 6.3% to 5,779.
Cosmetic treatments up as Britons turn to surgeon's knife 2011
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Meanwhile, the virtues of a parade of familiar arms in the beauty arsenal are trumpeted: Retinoid creams, Botox, hyaluronic acid injections, brow-lifts, fractional ablative laser treatments, blepharoplasty and facelifts.
Debra Ollivier: Age-Defying Oprah: Denial, Delusion or Dermabrasion? Debra Ollivier 2011
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Meanwhile, the virtues of a parade of familiar arms in the beauty arsenal are trumpeted: Retinoid creams, Botox, hyaluronic acid injections, brow-lifts, fractional ablative laser treatments, blepharoplasty and facelifts.
Debra Ollivier: Age-Defying Oprah: Denial, Delusion or Dermabrasion? Debra Ollivier 2011
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A lifting and a blepharoplasty eyelid surgery helped her acquire a more youthful look and less crabby expression than she used to carry when she commanded the Presidential Staff Office during the Lula government.
Ana Clara Costa: PHOTOS: See The New Brazilian President's Extreme Makeover Ana Clara Costa 2010
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